Holocaust

By ivig94815
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    Hitler

    Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000.

  • Gestapo

    The German Gestapo is placed above the law.

  • Auschwitz

    Nazis choose the town of Oswiecim (Auschwitz) in Poland near Krakow as the site of a new concentration camp.

  • SS

    SS Einsatzgruppe A reports a tally of 229,052 Jews killed.

  • Russian

    Russian troops reach former Polish border.

  • Liberation

    Russians liberate Budapest, freeing over 80,000 Jews.